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Governor Bill Haslam returned to Tennessee Saturday after taking his first trip to Japan as governor.

Haslam went to Japan as a part of the Southeast U.S./Japan Association. The group, which includes governors and local officials from other southeastern states like Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina, meets with Japanese business leaders to discuss potential partnerships and opportunity.

The meetings have taken place for 35 years, each one swapping between locations in Tokyo, Japan and Mississippi.

An East Tennessee Marine is home after a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan. Private First Class Kyle Day returned to his Monroe County home Friday evening, where he was greeted by family and friends.

"I feel good. Finally, to see me friends and family - it's really nice. Very relaxing," he said.

His grandmother, Ginger Day, said she is thrilled he made it back to Tennessee safely.

"It's so good to welcome them home under good circumstances. But never, ever forgetting that some came home in a different way, gave it their all," she said.